More Input! More Input! --- Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Erik Hansen wrote: > > took a course in Neural networking. > > the prof said the computer code was too > "dense" > > and referred me to verbal passages that made > no > > sense > > at all. in desperation i tried stepping > through > > the code > > and it all came clear. the equations and > graphics > > were intuitive when seen one line of code at > a > > time . > > Many years ago I had a subscription to AI > Magazine, and they ran a good > many columns by a very talented writer on > neural networks named Maureen > Caudill. She never lacked depth to her > writings, but somehow managed > to explain things in ways that even a relative > neophyte like me could > understand. > > I've not seen much in the way of web-published > work from her, but I'm > sure you could find some of her books through > your local library. > > In a quick Google for her name I stumbled > across this item which may be > worth a look: > > > <http://web.informatik.uni-bonn.de/II/ag-klein/people/zach/benchmarks/NeuralNetTest.java> > > Excerpt: > > * Class NeuralNetTest > * > * Aka Back Propagationn Neural Net. This code > is a modified > * version of the code that was submitted to > BYTE Magazine by > * Maureen Caudill. It accompanied her article > "Expert Networks," > * BYTE, Oct. '91, though that article doesn't > discuss this type > * of neural net algorithm in particular. For > that, see "Back > * Propagation," BYTE, Oct. '97 by William P. > Jones and Josiah > * Hoskins. > * > * The author's original heading/comment was as > follows: > * > * Backpropagation Network > * Written by Maureen Caudill > * in Think C 4.0 on a Macintosh > * > * (c) Maureen Caudill 1988-1991 > * This network will accept 5x7 input patterns > and produce 8 bit > * output patterns. The source code may be > copied or modified > * without restriction, but no fee may be > charged for its use. > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Managing Editor, revJournal > > _______________________________________________________ > Rev tips, tutorials and more: > http://www.revJournal.com > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe > and manage your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution